The Fortaleza CEIF Herald
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Jhon Palacios keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Fortaleza CEIF may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match13 Mar 2027
4 matches without a win for Fortaleza CEIF
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Fortaleza CEIF are no longer polite ones.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Williams Barlasina gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match13 Mar 2027
Fortaleza CEIF and Real Santander take a point apiece
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Words at Fortaleza CEIF training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cristian Santander is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Jhon Balanta knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jhon Balanta trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Half-satisfied: Julian Lopez on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Richardson Rivas: “I am not a substitute”
“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Fortaleza CEIF will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.
Looking ahead15 Mar 2027
Cristian Santander goes back to face Barranquilla
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Cristian Santander’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Fortaleza CEIF needing him to play as if none of it matters.
In brief
- Market Williams Barlasina linked with a move away
- Player ratings Jhonier Salas was unplayable
- Squad The shirt belongs to Franco Pulicastro now